Burj al-Arab - Destination Dubai

Burj al-Arab, Dubai

Snuggled over the beautiful blue waters of Jumeirah Beach, the architecturally rich Burj al-Arab is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. It is one of it's kind placed in the beautiful city of Dubai, United Arab Emirate.

This beautiful hotel during its construction phrase was known to the people of Dubai and across the globe as Dubai Chicago Beach Hotel but it was then renamed to be Burj al - Arab by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and today this particular hotel is the world's 4th tallest hotel, the other 3 too being situated in Dubai, itself.

The name - Burj al- Arab what does it mean? Well, the name means - Tower of the Arabs. This luxury hotel can be considered to be as an artificial island connecting the Jumeirah beach to the mainland with the help of a private curving bridge.

The foundation of this hotel was laid in 1994 and it was only in 1999 that this beautiful structure was created, leading to the grand opening of the same in December 1999. The Client wanted a building that would symbolize the style statement main aim of the architect Tom Wright was to construct the same in lines of symbolic statement such as

BE CAREFUL:

Pickpockers, they pick pockets any time of the day, so if you have precious belonging with yourself, you better be careful.

TIP OF THE DAY:

Visit the Jumeirah Beach, to get a picture perfect photograph of the Burj al - Arab. While enjoying the clicking and posing for photographs on the Arabian sand, you can simultaneously upload it online! As the beach has full free wi-fi facility. Also if your visit to the place is scheduled during the summer, you are kindly requested to carry a stoles or shawl along with self as dubai heat is terrible.